MSY → DCA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · New Orleans, LA to Washington, DC · 706 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 38 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 53% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+71 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from MSY to DCA?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MSY → DCA (706 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +71 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time48369%
16-30 min669%
31-60 min6710%
61-120 min446%
2+ hrs355%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075364%+28 min
2025-085772%+13 min
2025-095671%+8 min
2025-106266%+15 min
2025-115374%+18 min
2025-125878%+11 min
2026-015478%+6 min
2026-025781%+7 min
2026-036764%+34 min
2026-046167%+11 min
2026-056256%+28 min
2026-065565%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10468%
Tue10573%
Wed10373%
Thu10370%
Fri10667%
Sat5675%
Sun11864%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…